# The He-Man techchick haters club, or my first OP in the PIT **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 18, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817 "2001-05-18T13:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817/21 "2001-05-18T18:24:39Z")
I think TECKIE is a valuable poster here who contributes meaningfully and who often takes it upon herself to stick up for those who are down. There are lots of posters who I would rate far higher than her (she?) on the “Bugs The Shit Out Of Me” meter, not to mention the “Has Head Far Up Ass” meter. And I’m getting fucking sick of people who receive e-mail and manage to keep the exchange in e-mail, but who instead have to suck up bandwidth attempting to make a personal spat into a board-wide dogpile. Listen, as much as I don’t care that TECH is a mod at another board, I care far, far less that SMOKE received an e-mail containing the suspicious phrase “fuck it.” And I’m getting _really_ fucking sick of people purposely trying to get others to pile on one poster, rather than confining themselves to dealing with their own interpersonal issues themselves. So I’d probably post a contrary opinion here just to stop the thread from being another unilateral kick-the-shit-out-of-someone festival, even if I didn’t really think that TECH is okay, which I do. And remember, SMOKE, for every person who posts to this thread, pro or con, there may be 1000’s more lurkers who think you’re a bit of a shit for starting it. Spooky, huh? ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817/22 "2001-05-18T18:35:06Z")
Let me just recast what I had to say relating **techchick’s** dad’s success to her. Her work ethic never should have been called into question. Thinking back, I don’t even know why I put that in there. What I was originally trying to do was to vent about her _without_ starting a quoting competition. The thread I had in mind was a while back where techchick ran through her economical views by basically starting each sentence with “My father says…”. Cite? Nope, you can find it. I’m not arguing fundamentals of the universe here. If you don’t think my opinions are well-grounded, then ignore 'em, or “put (me) up on the cross for an hour or so too…, just to teach (me) a lesson.” That way, I’ll NEVER forget! Milossarian (no offense taken, BTW), on the one hand, doesn’t want this to go for pages, but OTOH, wants cites. Once one person starts citing on a ridiculous flame thread that is an attack on an annoying personality, ( **Colibri** I’m looking at you! ;))- well, that’s when you know a thread’s gonna drag out forever. Besides, I already offered to start up an anti-smoke thread. I’ve got tons of material- it’s like I know what I’m thinking or something! I’ll bet I could even do it without using the words felch or mung. And thanks Colibri- even though I wasn’t going for the whole quote thang, it’s good to see her actually say "Daddy takes me to places you can’t get into, ask Mr Cynical and Lexicon, they know it even though they don’t like me. I hardly work, this is my curse, my life. But I love not “having to work” but I do work out of boredom. " Too funny! And we all know that it ain’t boredom- it’s the need to be someone’s fucking pet! Why don’t you become a submissive? (And BTW- you’re about as bisexual as my dick squirts chocolate- nice try at being trendy) ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817/23 "2001-05-18T18:43:50Z")
:: cough :: OK…come on kids. :: packing up picnic, heading for the I’m Sick Of Moderators thread :: jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817/24 "2001-05-18T18:55:14Z")
Well, the hatefull rambling email I received from her was from AOL ( [COflower1@aol.com](mailto:COflower1@aol.com) ) to be exact. Was that the address yours came from Smoke? Tomndeb: > [@](#): > > ~snip~who invests a considerable amount of energy providing computer services both as an actual paid employee and in the assistance of other people on various message boards. How could he **NOT** know this??? She tells us **ALL THE TIME!!** Milo: > [@](#): > > I found the swipes at Techchick’s family’s wealth gratuitous, too. That her dad has money should have as much relevance to what she posts and how people respond to it as the fact that my mom didn’t have money. So what? She tells us all about her rich daddy every time she gets drunk and has a meltdown - it was explained to me once that if you post it, be ready to see it come back and bite you. > [@](#): > > And I guess I didn’t take Techchick’s references to being a moderator in the afore-linked thread as annoyingly as you did, as the thread subject was about how moderators do things (at least one, anyway). again, she tells us all the time: “Blah blah as a moderator on another board, I can say that blah blahblah…” I dont know about smoke and the others, but if I wanted to be moderated by her, I would go to the _OTHER_ board and post _THERE!!!_ She is **NOT** a mod here, and this wannabe shit is really pathetic. So smoke my dear, I predict one of the following: 1. she gets wasted and comes in to have a meltdown (again) and tells us (again) how bad we all are, and how much nicer she is than we think, but that she doesnt care anyway, so fuck it… followed by a dramatic “I’m leaving” (again) or 1. The mods will close this. To the mods I think she is like a really big friendly dog that sticks its snout way up their crotches, they are afraid to say anything to her, less she turn on them. She has been sucking up so hard for so long… what else can they do. Sad really. She wasnt always like this. When we lost Wally, something broke in her head. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817/25 "2001-05-18T19:05:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jodi \* > \*\*And I’m getting fucking sick of people who receive e-mail and manage to keep the exchange in e-mail, but who instead have to suck up bandwidth attempting to make a personal spat into a board-wide dogpile. Listen, as much as I don’t care that TECH is a mod at another board, I care far, far less that SMOKE received an e-mail containing the suspicious phrase “fuck it.” \*\* You don’t get it. Why don’t we just move the Pit into private emails? I initially said something on the board that was offensive to **techchick** , as it was meant to be. The thread got closed before she could respond, so she sent me an email. Big deal. I’ve continued what I have to say in public, with my only communication back to her via email being a link here. Figure she’ll come in and have some fun, too. She admittedly has nothing better to do. > [@](#): > > \*\* > And I’m getting _really_ fucking sick of people purposely trying to get others to pile on one poster…\*\* Again, the OP clearly invites people to “pile on” me if they feel like it. I’m not one for pile-ups myself, but if we can consider your post to be the first one, I’d gladly be smooshed together with you. > [@](#): > > \*\* > And remember, SMOKE, for every person who posts to this thread, pro or con, there may be 1000’s more lurkers who think you’re a bit of a shit for starting it. Spooky, huh? \*\* I don’t know you too well from posts, but I didn’t know you were such a pessimist! There could be 1000’s out there that agree, too! And no, since I’m not confused by the idea that someone I’ve never interacted with might have formed an opinion on me based on my posts, it’s not all that spooky. (Unless I start getting emails from **WallyM7** - that’d be spooky!) And would you please stop capitalizing my name? If you want to shout it use bolding or something. ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817/26 "2001-05-18T19:43:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kellibelli \* > \*\*Well, the hatefull rambling email I received from her was from AOL … > > Was that the address yours came from Smoke?\*\* yep. But you didn’t hear it from me. > [@](#): > > \*\* > So smoke my dear, I predict one of the following:… > \*\* It’s all the same to me sweetie. 😃 I’ve said my piece.(sp?) Like I’ve already said, I don’t care about dragging this on, and I’m not interested in parsing people’s sentences to justify my opinion, but that seems to be the way of the board. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817/27 "2001-05-18T19:51:33Z")
> [@](#): > > You don’t get it. Why don’t we just move the Pit into private emails? Actually, SMOKE, ole’ buddy, ole’ kid, ole’ sock, you don’t seem to get it. AFAICT, you have deemed it necessary to start a lame rant in the pit over an issue that started in e-mail. Mods, why are we even wasting this bandwidth? This isn’t board related, except in that you seem to be objecting to TC being TC. Well, guess what, cumsponge, get over it. If you don’t like a certain poster’s style of posting, **Don’t read their posts!!** Jesus Christ! We’ve all got different styles and personalities, that’s what makes us human! TC posts as she sees fit, as do I, as do you. Is it that hard to ignore someone? Or are you, rather than TC, so obsessed with attention that you post a pointless OP about a poster with a controversial style, just to bask in a page of two of others saying " me too!" or “I fucking hate her”. What happened, did daddy not have time to give you any attention after you were born because he was tired of your mom and was going after his other sister? Is your bleeding rectum from your part time job as a night deposit box for a sperm bank making it all uncomfortable for you to sit at your computer, and you want to share the wealth? Here’s a suggestion. Turn off the computer. That’s right, off. Take a shower, wash the cum stains off your belly from all the kiddy porn you peruse. Go outside. Meet some actual real live people to interact with. See that? The world can be a bright place! No need to spend your energy on something as simple as a message board. Who knows? Maybe you’ll meet an actual real live GIRL! I hope so, the dog is getting tired of your “attention”. In any event, one hopes that a sense of perspective magically desends upon you, and you can spend the rest of your life worrying about stuff that ACTUALLY MATTERS, like how to get your stunted, diseased brain under control so you can get an actual life. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817/28 "2001-05-18T20:31:44Z")
Everybody had their pissy little fit now? If someone sends you something in email please have the common courtesy to confine it to email. Not only is it rude to carry your personal pet feud to a public board, it’s also inappropriate to reproduce someone’s emails without their permission. You don’t like someone on the board? Easy solution. Don’t read their posts. This thread is closed. Don’t do this again. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817/29 "2001-05-18T20:33:45Z")
SMOKE – > [@](#): > > You don’t get it. Why don’t we just move the Pit into private emails? Because there is a reason to have a forum for bitching and moaning about the Board; for continuing discussions that started on the Board but have deteriorated in terms of incivility; and for sharing generalized rants on non-Board related stuff. But why bother to take something that was sent to you as a private e-mail and take up time and space on the Board with it? Your only explanation is “she wants attention!” which to me is a lame-ass excuse. If you get something via e-mail, then deal with it through e-mail. How hard is that? > [@](#): > > Continued what I have to say in public, with my only communication back to her via email being a link here. Apparently your e-mail doesn’t come with a “respond” button, huh? > [@](#): > > Figure she’ll come in and have some fun, too. She admittedly has nothing better to do. Yeah, it’s big fun to find some unknown ass has decided to make you the subject of a Pit thread and literally invited others to pile on you. :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > Again, the OP clearly invites people to “pile on” me if they feel like it. Y’know, I consider that so disingenuous as to be contemptible. You cannot start a thread “POSTER X IS A GREAT BIG DONKEY DICK!! WHO’S WITH ME??” and then protest, hey, people could say mean things about me as well, so it’s all okay. It’s _not_ okay, it’s childish > [@](#): > > I’m not one for pile-ups myself but if we can consider your post to be the first one I’d gladly be smooshed together with you. This thread belies the assertion that you are “not one for pile-ups;” this is the most transparent attempt to start one that I’ve seen. And my first post cannot be considered a gratuitiuos criticism of you, and you know it. > [@](#): > > I don’t know you too well from posts, but I didn’t know you were such a pessimist! There could be 1000’s out there that agree, too! And no, since I’m not confused by the idea that someone I’ve never interacted with might have formed an opinion on me based on my posts, it’s not all that spooky. Way to miss the point. If you think it’s “spooky” that thousands of lurkers might object to TECH’s posting style, surely you must see that it is equally as likely – and equally as “spooky” – that thousands of lurkers might object to yours. > [@](#): > > And would you please stop capitalizing my name? If you want to shout it use bolding or something. No, actually, I won’t. I have always capitalized people’s names for ease in finding them when reading my posts, since way back before you could do cool things like bold and italicize on the net. I know it’s an oddity, but it’s not one I’m inclined to change just to suit you. I’m not trying to rip you a new one – unlike what you’re obviously trying to do to TECH – but I really don’t think this thread does you any credit. And if you have the right to call people “little fuckers,” as undoubtedly you do, then I have the right to post my opinion as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817/30 "2001-05-18T20:36:44Z")
Jesus. First, the accusation of attempting to inspire pilings-on. Then, everyone piles on. Alllllllllllllllll aboooooooarrrd! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-techchick-haters-club-or-my-first-op-in-the-pit/65817.md?page=1)